Cannot access help topics in Finder

Unable to access help topics in Finder; help topics are listed but will not open when selected; window closes.

Hi Pkirillov,
to solve your problem you need:
1- Update the firmware to:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0nrtbhhd0nu4mz1/Gemini_v2_6_3-1035.tar.gz
2- Open terminal and use this command to mount:
sudo mount -t nfs -o resvport <server ip address>:/mnt/ide1/<sharename> /<mounting point>
OR: apple+K (( connect to server)):
smb://username:password@<server address>/<sharename>
Hope this will work for you
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